The Rittenhouse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,378 people carried this name — #6,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,288 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

24 families named Rittenhouse, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 137 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Rittenhouse, Ritenhouse. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 22
Maryland 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 259 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Rittenhouse in American newspapers,
1890–1903.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Rittenhouse
The Salt Lake Herald 1902-08-17
Newspaper page from The News And Observer carrying the name Rittenhouse
The News And Observer 1890-12-10
Newspaper page from The Washburn Times carrying the name Rittenhouse
The Washburn Times 1903-07-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Rittenhouse in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1940s.

60 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rittenhouse. The most, 20, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 18
New South Wales 16
Victoria 8
Western Australia 7
South Australia 4
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rittenhouse.

Who carried it

People named Rittenhouse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Rittenhouse
    David Rittenhouse 1732–1796 · astronomer
  • Elizabeth Rittenhouse
    Elizabeth Rittenhouse 1767–1836
  • Moses F. Rittenhouse
    Moses F. Rittenhouse 1846–1915 · businessperson
  • William Rittenhouse 1644–1708 · preacher
  • William Rittenhouse 1644–1708 · preacher
  • Esther Rittenhouse 1769–1833

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rittenhouse,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States391 records

391 records of the Rittenhouse name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 204
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert Rittenhouse

    Born 1923 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1943 at Philadelphia; electrician from Delaware County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Albert Bradford Rittenhouse

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. Born 1898, died 1958; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Elsie Rittenhouse

    Born 1879 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 391 records for Rittenhouse in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Rittenhouse name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Herbert Rittenhouse

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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